A GOOD LETTER

†††† The following letter has
been received from Mrs. Carolyn Humble Fish, who has been sending us some items
now and then.

315 W. 44th Street,

Vancouver, Washington

February 19, 1955

Rev. Calvin Gregory,

Lafayette, Tenn.

Dear Rev. Gregory

†††† The February 10, 1955,
issue of the Macon County Times, was of great interest due to the very
beautiful writing,† "Review of an
Old History."† Read it over several
times, enjoying it so much and fully appreciated the wonderful nostalgic
quality.† Looking forward to
continuation of your Review.

†††† While searching for old
books to further my work in genealogy, I came across the enclosed letter in
booklet form to add to your Gregory memento collection.† As you will discover, this deals with the
gold rush days of the California-Nevada section and is a specimen showing the
foresight of Joseph W. Gregory in supplying the miners with a clever writing
tool, in addition to advertising the Gregory Express in the gold-rush
days.† The letter, written by
"Lysander" is quite a sad account of a lonely, Christian man--
haven't the slightest idea who he was, or to whom the letter was sent.†

†††† Just finished reading the
major part of twenty-five issues of Publications of the East Tennessee
Historical Society to check on my Humble Family who lived there in Rogersville,
Hawkins County, before they moved into your vicinity.† Since every mention and every official (war) record shows Smith
County as birthplace of Humble Family members, shall continue the search.† And it will be a happy day when the exact
place is found where Michael Miller Humble and his wife, Elizabeth Canard
(Kennard) Humble lived and had five children.

†††† The Macon County Times has
just been a joy to have.† So much of
interest to us about what is happening-- we have never seen okra or tobacco
growing and would love to spend some time there just meeting the people and
looking at the crops--must be a very friendly place to be.

††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† With kindest
regards,

†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ††††††††Carolyn Humble Fish

(Editor's note.† We have no
knowledge of who the Joseph W. Gregory is, but appreciate the little booklet or
brochure.† Perhaps we shall some day
find time to publish the contents of the pamphlet.† We also hope to learn more of the Humble family and have found
some additional information about them.†
We appreciate her good words about the paper.† Many thanks to her for her commendation of our little paper.)